Mangaroa School

Mangaroa School is a co-educational contributing school in Upper Hutt, within the Wellington Region, operating in the state sector, with 96 students on roll, and an Equity Index of 416. The school has been open since 1914.

With 96 students on roll, Mangaroa School is a small school — larger than about 25% of New Zealand schools. Its rural setting typically means smaller class groups and a close-knit community feel.

The school's Equity Index is 416, which is well below the national average of 463. A lower Equity Index signals less socio-economic need in the school's community than the national norm. The gap of 47 points is substantial enough to matter when comparing schools.

94.8% of students identify as European, so the school has a strongly homogeneous roll. Students of Pasifika descent make up 3.1%.

On the isolation index the school scores 0.16 (low isolation) — this measures how far students travel and how accessible the school is, not how good it is.